German-English translation for "Erstickung"

"Erstickung" English translation

Erstickung
Femininum | feminine f <Erstickung; Erstickungen>

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suppression
  • suppression
    Erstickung der Revolution, des Gefühls etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    Erstickung der Revolution, des Gefühls etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
It's not a marker of liberation, but of suffocation by meaningless minutiae.
Sie ist kein Hinweis auf Freiheit sondern auf Erstickung an unbedeutenden Details
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